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Ticket scraper

  • US 5,402,549 A
  • Filed: 12/21/1993
  • Issued: 04/04/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A ticket scraper for scraping a coating from a coated portion of a ticket, the scraper comprisinga housing, the housing having a housing opening for insertion therethrough of a ticket to be scraped, the ticket having a coating on a portion thereof,a motor secured to a plate within the housing, a motor shaft extending from the motor,a brush secured to the motor shaft,a ticket holder mounted in the housing for receiving and holding the ticket to be scraped, the ticket holder having a top plate and a bottom plate spaced apart from the top plate so that a ticket is receivable between the top plate and the bottom plate, the ticket holder having a ticket receiving opening between the top plate and bottom plate, the ticket receiving opening disposed adjacent to the housing opening for receiving a ticket therefrom, the ticket holder having a window in the bottom plate defining a window opening adjacent which is disposed the coated portion of the ticket, the bottom plate covering a substantial portion of the ticket so it is not scraped, andthe ticket holder disposed adjacent the brush so that the brush contacts the coating and so that rotation of the brush removes coating from the ticket.

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